Use After Free in Mozilla Firefox
CVE-2011-3659
Use-after-free vulnerability in Mozilla Firefox before 3.6.26 and 4.x through 9.0, Thunderbird before 3.1.18 and 5.0 through 9.0, and SeaMonkey before 2.7 might allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via vectors related to incorrect AttributeChildRemoved notifications that affect access to removed nsDOMAttribute child nodes.
Vulnerability class: Use-After-Free
Published · last modified .
CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 9.3 (High). Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.368 (98.5th percentile), scored .
Moderate probability of exploitation in the next 30 days — watch for active exploitation reports. 98th percentile — 98.5% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.366 · newest: 0.368 · change: +0.002
Affected products
- Mozilla Firefox
- Mozilla Seamonkey
- Mozilla Thunderbird
- openSUSE — versions 11.4
- SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop — versions 10, 11
- SUSE Linux Enterprise Server — versions 10, 11
- SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit — versions 10, 11
Weakness classification (CWE)
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi (Exploit, Patch, Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory)
- www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2012/mfsa2012-04.html (Vendor Advisory)
- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-02/msg00003.html (vendor-advisory, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
- www.mandriva.com/security/advisories (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)
- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-02/msg00007.html (vendor-advisory, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
- oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval:org.mitre.oval:def:14697 (signature, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry)
- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-02/msg00011.html (vendor-advisory, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2011-3659?
- CVE-2011-3659 is a vulnerability in Mozilla Firefox, classified under Use After Free. Published 2012-02-01.
- Is CVE-2011-3659 known to be exploited?
- 3 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.